Autumn's Dance

She'd say

It was so near to the end of September,

not a cooler fall day us olde folks can remember.

Some fields still stood full with wheat's golden tops,

The meadow lay bitten by the first seasons frost.

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Now, I can't tell you how many times I have sat

 listening, trying to focus my view

I would shudder once as my gram went on to tell

and she'd say

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The fires were lit, to take off the chill

Outside trees were blazen, orange and red topped the hills

It was on this day, this crisp fall morn,

a new baby girl, my child was born.

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I can remember

There she'd be sitting, her in her rocker,  me at her feet

She'd pause just long enough to take a sip from her tea
Start rocking again and go on to tell

she'd say

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The years went on by and the seasons did change

With each new September, the young girl she did age.

From a young girl to a woman in no time at all,

There seemed a connection between this woman and Fall.

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Now the picture grew vivid in my mind as hers

another sip from her cup, I'd rustle up to my knees

and she'd say

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Another fall day much like the first,

I witnessed a miracle, the miracle of your birth

The fires relit, to take off the chill

Your mamma, my daughter, you child, her first

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Another pause for a sip and to reminisce

she'd rock a bit more and go on to tell

she'd say

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Even though your sweet mamma was called home that day

She left me with something, her sweet child to raise

She went on her way to dance in Fall's Leaves

Your mamma, my Autumn, my heart she'll never

leave

She dances her dance, when the leaves float on down

from the mountaintops to meadows

her colors abound.

Autumn's Dance

written by Traci Stoddard
9/9/2011

Please meet Autumn
a plain and simple prairie doll
handmade by me, she's 18" tall

Dress in the colors of Fall
Patched and Mended
Pin-Tucked Apron and All

Autumn can be purchased for $30.00 plus Travel Fare.  She will arrive signed and dated by me, her maker.

Autumn's Blessings to All,
Traci